more of a good thing, part 2:lyrically at least, this is Bloody Samaritan Redux, but do we need more female fuck-you songs in afropop? I think we do!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S06IoLBDI7IAyra Starr • Ase(oh, and London producing)
― butt-mooning is a polysemous word, hoss! (breastcrawl), Monday, 13 June 2022 17:26 (two years ago) link
2022 will be remembered as the Asake takeover.Here’s Peace Be Unto You:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MefXQvGTYtE
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Friday, 17 June 2022 08:08 (one year ago) link
^^ in at 92 in the midweek UK chart, another milestone for afropop. “Last Last” climbed to number 20 last week, making it by far Burna’s biggest UK hit as the main artist. Meanwhile, after almost *six* whole months, “Peru” is *still* in the top 20.
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Monday, 20 June 2022 17:32 (one year ago) link
sorry i'm a real newb to afropop, just hearing "last last" and damn that's a good song.
― the cat needs to start paying for its own cbd (map), Monday, 20 June 2022 19:46 (one year ago) link
welcome aboard, map!
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Monday, 20 June 2022 21:26 (one year ago) link
thanks, i have ambitions to keep up that i'm sure will recede shortly
― the cat needs to start paying for its own cbd (map), Monday, 20 June 2022 23:19 (one year ago) link
that Asake song is fantastic. I'll probably tire of that naijapiano/rubbery bass sound soon-ish but not yet
― rob, Tuesday, 21 June 2022 13:27 (one year ago) link
otm about "last last" and about the new asake, loving them both a lot
― in places all over the world, real stuff be happening (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 21 June 2022 14:40 (one year ago) link
new DaBaby (yes, this is the Afropop thread): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QJl3NMDePsDaBaby ft. Davido • Showing Off Her Body
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Sunday, 26 June 2022 14:17 (one year ago) link
that's a dud imo
― rob, Sunday, 26 June 2022 14:32 (one year ago) link
what makes this a dud for you? the track itself ( I happen to think it’s a jam) or the fact that it’s DaBaby (which, sure)?
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Sunday, 26 June 2022 16:52 (one year ago) link
mostly DaBaby, who I've rarely loved but don't have any prejudice against. But I don't get anything from his presence here, the chorus is particularly eye-rolly. Production isn't bad or anything, I could see liking it with a vocalist I like more. Probably doesn't help that I'd listened to Last Last and PBUY right beforehand
― rob, Sunday, 26 June 2022 17:04 (one year ago) link
idk maybe I am a bit prejudiced about crossover attempts tbh. but compare that to this, which just has tons more atmosphere & character:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmZ7KQD5Qvg
― rob, Sunday, 26 June 2022 17:07 (one year ago) link
loool you’re going to apple-and-orange me with an *Oxlade* track? of course that one is much better, it’s from last summer’s Eclipse EP, one of the musical highlights of 2021, as noted upthread. didn’t know he dropped a video for “More” after all this time, so thanx for the headsup! (you really should listen to that whole EP tho!)
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Sunday, 26 June 2022 17:23 (one year ago) link
I have! I'm super grateful for your Oxlade hyping
And yes that was an extremely deliberate thumb on the scales / hey check out this new video :)
― rob, Sunday, 26 June 2022 17:49 (one year ago) link
thanking you for your Oxy fan service!
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Sunday, 26 June 2022 18:36 (one year ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZquVz7FBdQgGyakie - Something
― Nabozo, Friday, 8 July 2022 06:46 (one year ago) link
been loving ruger - "girlfriend" ... just a sublime song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1D6qsTEVj0
― J0rdan S., Friday, 8 July 2022 20:10 (one year ago) link
lasmid - "friday night" ... big song out of ghana right now, love this chorus. a bit reminiscent of fireboy "new york city girl". very sweet, memorable song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrghLct81sc
― J0rdan S., Friday, 8 July 2022 20:12 (one year ago) link
yes, “Friday Night” is so good! it’s like the friendly cousin of Kuami Eugene’s “Take Away” - you can tell that Lasmid’s favourite nightspot does *not* have a VIP section
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Friday, 8 July 2022 20:42 (one year ago) link
cucurucuu!yes, Ruger has ever so slyly established himself as a serious player in Omah Lay’s slipstream.“Girlfriend” spells out his cock bandit persona times two. it’s a great song, but I love “WeWe”, another new track on his upgraded The Second Wave EP even better: https://www.youtube/watch?v=kG68cdAC_Doit has distinct echoes of W4’s decade-old, semi-legendary “Kontrol”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udDglAxeV0chttps://thenativemag.com/shuffle-re-visit-kontrol-w4s-afrotrap-afrotrap/(although Ruger doesn’t seem like a guy who would relinquish control to his female partner, at least not on (the) record)btw, this was the biggest banger on the first edition of The Second Wave, which came out in November: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzFUM5AW1YQRuger • Diorcucurucuu!
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Friday, 8 July 2022 21:14 (one year ago) link
“WeWe”, once more, with feeling:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kG68cdAC_Do
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Friday, 8 July 2022 21:16 (one year ago) link
Enjoying GirlfriendSpeaking of Omah Lay, his new album is finally coming out July 15
― Nabozo, Monday, 11 July 2022 09:15 (one year ago) link
So I'm digging the Omah Lay. No surprise, it's on the introspective and minimal side (see cover), only two features and no obvious hit, but it's consistent, heartfelt, like a little brother to Rema's album.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=258haho4GREOmah Lay feat. Tay Iwar - Tell Everybody
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_Eu7rMtmccOmah Lay - Never Forget
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmq2txrRu2wOmah Lay - Bend You
― Nabozo, Sunday, 17 July 2022 14:53 (one year ago) link
I could have posted I'm a mess or Soso rather than Bend YouThey don't outline his whole program like those lyrics though
I put my all in till I see evidenceFor her face and her leg e dey shakeLike say she get epilepsyShe say the taste is a sweet and e bitterAt the same time peppermintCrocodile teeth, SkillibengYes my thing strong no fit bend ohBy my face I innocentUntil I bend you
― Nabozo, Sunday, 17 July 2022 15:18 (one year ago) link
no obvious hit
I haven't gotten to the album yet, but I thought "woman" was nice when I heard it—which doesn't make it a hit ofc
― rob, Monday, 18 July 2022 14:59 (one year ago) link
this is spectacular:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpnlnMq2S3IBNXN fka Buju ft. Wande Coal • Kenkelesound and song-wise it reminds me of nothing so much as Wizkid and Duncan Mighty’s “Fake Love” from 2018, another new-star-with-inspirational-veteran duet, coincidentally or not.…which, and this is totally coincidental, I nominated for the 2010s Poll - search under ‘Starboy’ and consider voting for it!
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Thursday, 21 July 2022 17:40 (one year ago) link
that is great... "BNXN" has to be one of the more confusing midstream name changes in recent music history
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 21 July 2022 18:04 (one year ago) link
That is nice...not sure it reaches the heights of Fake Love, but good lord that's an extremely high bar! (I do hear why your mind went there though.)
I was listening to some slightly older BNXN the other day (Cold Outside, Confident, For Days), and he definitely has that special something.
Joining the chorus on Ruger's Girlfriend: that song is fantastic. I would not have gone with a lyric video though lol
― rob, Thursday, 21 July 2022 18:10 (one year ago) link
yeah his catalogue on Tidal is a total mess thanks to the name change: entries for BNXN, BNXN fka Buju, and Buju
― rob, Thursday, 21 July 2022 18:11 (one year ago) link
yes, “BNXN”, let alone “BNXN fka Buju” is just terrible in every respect. they should have gone for *Daniel ‘Buju’ Benson* or something, but it was probably deemed not modern enough as artist names go.
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Thursday, 21 July 2022 18:13 (one year ago) link
BNXP lol
LMAO
― rob, Thursday, 21 July 2022 18:16 (one year ago) link
now that i know it's supposed to be read as "benson" i'm like "ok..." but removing all vowels and having the x stand in for two diff letters, it's just a lot
ANYWAY... great song
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 21 July 2022 19:31 (one year ago) link
Kenkele really interesting use of autotune and singing by Buju, it wasn't always clear he could diversify his style, but he's been taking it one step at a time and is always interesting to follow. Very good song indeed.
First Video for Boy Alone after Womanhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOGJ76ct8G8Omah Lay - I'm a mess
― Nabozo, Thursday, 21 July 2022 20:15 (one year ago) link
halfway during “Kenkele” Buju seems to invoke the Dutch snack kaassoufflé, which is very distracting indeed
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Thursday, 21 July 2022 20:49 (one year ago) link
exciting chart news: Oxlade’s “Ku Lo Se” seems to have gone TikTok-viral. apart from giving him his first proper Nigerian hit since “Away” and blowing up all over Africa and the Caribbean, this has also resulted in a UK chart debut, at #96 no less. hurrah!
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Friday, 22 July 2022 18:26 (one year ago) link
https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMNQF86yX/?k=1#kulosachallenge
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Friday, 22 July 2022 18:50 (one year ago) link
just noticed I’ve been spelling it wrong up til now: it’s “Ku Lo Sa” - thanks TikTok people!
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Friday, 22 July 2022 18:52 (one year ago) link
Mogoya is an all timer for me (along with its incredible remix companion album featuring Sampha, Sun-El Musician among others) so I was really happy to see Oumou Sangaré has a new one out called Timbuktu. Here's the lead single and album opener. It's got some interesting American folk and rock production, supposedly due to her being stranded in the US during 2020 for the pandemic. Interesting textural contrast to the Berlin production of Mogoya. It's Malian through and through though, and classic Oumou. Definitely one of the better releases of the year so far for me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tulfimCd6JE
― octobeard, Thursday, 4 August 2022 00:19 (one year ago) link
yeah i adore that earlier Sangare album too
curious to hear the new one - early singles lacked the intensity (feels like a production choice) but oh well
― sean gramophone, Monday, 8 August 2022 13:50 (one year ago) link
tems' 2020 song "free mind" has been charting on the hot 100 for a bit, what's going on there? tiktok?
― in places all over the world, real stuff be happening (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 9 August 2022 17:56 (one year ago) link
i think it's organic, although it did take off after a song from the same project was sampled on that future/drake single & that hasn't felt coincidental to me. i will say on a purely anecdotal level tems is the no 1 artist i've heard playing from cars/street corners etc in bed stuy this summer. i think ppl just fuck w/ her in a real way, she makes classic R&B music that also feels fresh and i think it's connecting deeply on an artist level w/ ppl in a way that transcends stuff like tik tok
― J0rdan S., Tuesday, 9 August 2022 18:09 (one year ago) link
this from upthread:
Interesting how Free Mind from 2020 is outperforming most of the songs from If Orange Was A Place― human and working on getting beer (longneck), woensdag 30 maart 2022 23:38I had no idea either, but I just checked the YouTube comments: people are seriously feeling this song― celebrating ten years of constant posting (breastcrawl), donderdag 31 maart 2022 0:07
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), woensdag 30 maart 2022 23:38
I had no idea either, but I just checked the YouTube comments: people are seriously feeling this song
― celebrating ten years of constant posting (breastcrawl), donderdag 31 maart 2022 0:07
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 9 August 2022 18:43 (one year ago) link
Crazy that Vibe Out is the least played song (on Spotify) from that EP
― groovypanda, Wednesday, 10 August 2022 10:35 (one year ago) link
that’s how little clout Obama has these days(it’s on his 2022 Summer playlist)
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 10 August 2022 11:14 (one year ago) link
different EPs tho, “Vibe Out” is from last year’s one, “Free Mind” is on the one before that.
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 10 August 2022 11:16 (one year ago) link
Vibe Out is such a jam.
― human and working on getting beer (longneck), Wednesday, 10 August 2022 12:37 (one year ago) link
"free mind" is great, but it's weird for an album cut from years ago to take off like this. seems like it's just a product of mainstream fans digging into a newly-popular artist's back catalog and landing on a gem.
― in places all over the world, real stuff be happening (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 10 August 2022 17:07 (one year ago) link
delightful:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1idqvGdCitUZinoleesky ft. Tiwa Savage • Jaiye Foreign(produced by Pheelz)
― big movers, hot steppers + long shaker intros (breastcrawl), Thursday, 11 August 2022 12:16 (one year ago) link